Change 360https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com
ideas for lifeTue, 14 Aug 2018 21:34:19 +0000enhourly1http://wordpress.com/https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/eacbcdeb7b1ade23546205f461acc90f?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.pngChange 360https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com
Change Education For Goodhttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/change-education-for-good/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/change-education-for-good/#respondSat, 11 Aug 2018 18:52:07 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1198Read more Change Education For Good]]>The goal of education is to prepare students for life and work; students should aim to become a HOST (hands-on, self-taught) because learning is a life-long journey.

The main goal of schools (kindergarten to Grade 10+2) should be to build a strong nation by providing education on history, culture & languages, basics of world religions (no hateness), health & nutrition, COIN (Constitution Of India), basics of GPS-TEAM (Govt Portfolios, Science, Technology\Travel & Tourism, Engineering\Economics\Environment, Arts\Agriculture\Astronomy and Mathematics\Management\Medicine). The end result is students readiness for work-related education with life skills.

GPS means Global Professional Services, GPS-TEAM will make India a talent-hub for global professional services.

Proposed Change: CentralGovt should release 24-volumes on GPS-TEAM subjects every 24 months. These volumes must be available in public libraries & online (edu.mygov.in) in all official languages of India. Chapter and\or sections should have indicators like adopt, pruning (remove in next release), and assess (new content). Book length may vary depending on target grades, may be available as separate booklet or part of All-In-One (AIO) book.

State govt must ensure 12-vols are taught at schools, 3-vols in diploma, 4-vols in bachelors, 2-vols in master’s\PG and remaining volumes for teachers and gifted\talented students (host).

HOST Scholarship

Central govt should conduct essay-type PBT (120 marks, twice a year) and multi-choice CBT (120 marks, limit 1 attempt per month) on each GPS-TEAM subjects. Passing score-200 marks per subject. Both paper and computer based tests must be cleared in same calendar year.

Prerequisite – age between 18 and 35, completion of compulsory-education (Grade 10+2).

Exam fee – Rs.24 for PBT and Rs.24 for CBT.

HOST Certificate: valid for 4-years, must retake both PBT and CBT for renewal. HOST Certification should be mandatory for teaching and researchjobs.

HOST Reward: Rs.1200 per month per subject for 4-years. Get rewarded upto Rs.6000 per month under HOST Certification program.

Will it help Skill India vision? Please comment and share.

Acronyms:

HOST – Hands-on, Self-taught

COIN – Constitution Of India

PG – Post-graduation

PBT – paper-based test

CBT – computer-based test

GPS – Global Professional Services

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/change-education-for-good/feed/0dhanyakumarkvA Nugget For PM’s Independence Day Speechhttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/a-nugget-for-pms-independence-day-speech/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/a-nugget-for-pms-independence-day-speech/#respondMon, 06 Aug 2018 09:56:23 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1167Read more A Nugget For PM’s Independence Day Speech]]>My dad was an ex-serviceman and Mom a housemaker. He wanted me to become a tax payer (any job) and she wanted me go to America (2008) to explore the developed country. It’s both a curse and bless to grow in middle-class family. Hard working parents inspire children’s to study hard but slow-developing country makes their life hell. My parents succeeded in their endeavor by not giving up but not all are fortunate. I visited two countries, experienced the cultural differences, and embraced their commitment at work, honesty, humanity to others & voicing for positive-change.

Transforming a developing country to developed country is a billion steps with one vision – “ONE NATION, ONE VISION (1N1V) – MAKE INDIA A DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY 2047“.

Should we encourage our childrens to migrate to developed countries or take proactive steps towards 1N1V so that they live in a developed country without changing their citizenship.

I’m a thinker not an orator. This blog has a good message but sharing and\or discussing with family & friends doesn’t connect beautiful billion minds. Who should convey the vision, when & how? Our Prime Minister and\or elected Minister’s should inspire all generation’s during Independence Day Speech by declaring a vision (1N1V) for the country.

Country with a vision makes faster growth as election manifestos, govt projects\initiatives are aligned to one vision. Citizens behavior and mindset will also change

Please remember my election manifesto title while voting:

Change COIN for GoodBring THIS to Government

COIN stands for Constitution Of India and Citizens Of India.

THIS stands for Transparency, Humanity, Integrity and Simplicity.

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/08/06/a-nugget-for-pms-independence-day-speech/feed/0dhanyakumarkvWater for Everyonehttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/water-for-everyone/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/water-for-everyone/#respondMon, 14 May 2018 19:51:32 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1045Read more Water for Everyone]]>How do we solve water problem in India? Any solution to cauvery issue?

Water to all citizens and animals takes priority over irrigation. It may result in year’s loss of crops but food can be imported from other countries.

Water has no boundaries – tag all zip codes to nearest river and/or dam as source for drinking water. Government should make use of agewise population by zipcode, calculate water needs and release water alternate days (4 days per week – Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri). Govt should mandate water usage meter and calculate FREE water using rental agreement or homeowners document. Cap 100 litre per capita per day(LPCD) free water and charge for remaining water usage.

Desalinated Water – Govt should release 100 LPCD desalinated water for 3 days (Sat, Tue, Thu) free to households and 7 days to corporate at affordable price.

Aquifer/WaterRecharge – rain water harvesting (RWH) helps to store and reuse rain water but doesn’t help big in ground water recharge. It’s expensive too depending on storage capacity. A better, cheaper and effective approach to water recharge? Make use of parks for recharge pit/shafts and abandoned dug Wells. Direct all roof top water to pit/shaft/Wells through pipeline. It’s cheaper for Homeowners as they need to buy few pipes to connect to the mainline pipes. It may reduce flood impacts as well. 3 pipelines (sewage, water and rwh) should be mandated to all new layouts and 5 years target to connect all city house’s to RWC pipeline.

Imagine life without water!

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/14/water-for-everyone/feed/0dhanyakumarkvPrevention of Begging Act In Indiahttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/prevention-of-begging-act-in-india/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/prevention-of-begging-act-in-india/#respondTue, 08 May 2018 10:15:11 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1009Read more Prevention of Begging Act In India]]>It’s very common to see kids, women with infant, old and physically disabled people begging for money at traffic signals. Is begging legal in India? Is it considered as an employment opportunity? Search engine says there’s an act to prevent begging.

Govt should start creating awareness on begging act through public notice and posters similar to Henrico notice shown below.

Govt should show Humanity by giving basic income.

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/08/prevention-of-begging-act-in-india/feed/0dhanyakumarkvOne Rank, One Pension (OROP)https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/one-rank-one-pension-orop/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/one-rank-one-pension-orop/#respondThu, 03 May 2018 01:24:09 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1036Read more One Rank, One Pension (OROP)]]>My thoughts on OROP is simple – same pension amount to all retired govt employees regardless of title/role/designation or area of service or department. Retired govt employees contribution in govt services is zero so all should be equally valued.

Federal govt should allocate 1%-5% of budget and equally share the amount among retired employee’s.

How does corporate employees manage their retirement life without pension? Exceed expectations for promotions, demand more salary and invest on saving scheme’s.

A small percentage of incompetent employees stays on service to get promoted and increase the basic pay so that they get better pension. Such thoughts may go away with OROP.

This is applicable to employees who joined after the OROP inception date, others may opt to enroll in OROP.

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/03/one-rank-one-pension-orop/feed/0dhanyakumarkvTax – Spend More, Save Morehttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/tax-spend-more-save-more/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/05/01/tax-spend-more-save-more/#respondTue, 01 May 2018 11:11:40 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=1004Read more Tax – Spend More, Save More]]>Current income tax system has many loopholes and accounts ~5% of population taxable. Key issues with current tax system are 1. It promotes dishonesty – tax payers produce fake bills for tiny savings, not bad because honestly paid yax has zero or very low returns from govt (in terms of services or quality of work) 2. No tax for income up to 3 lac income. Why?

Citizens should pay income tax with ROI in mind i.e. development and growth and save money by avoiding double tax.

Govt never took big reform on tax system due to vote bank. Here are my thoughts on new tax system –

CHESS tax amount should be equally distributed among the 543 constituencies and elected MP and MLA’s are authorized to spend the amount towards constituency development (non-religious). Elected MP and MLAs should publish the plan and get the feedback from people to prioritize the projects. No approval required from state/central govt if project doesn’t favor any religion or caste. CHESS aims to quickly solve local problems but infra/development projects should be undertaken by state/central govt.

Most decisions in India are based on old census data (may be 2001) and there is no accuracy in data. Govt should try new simple approach to get the real-time accurate data provided by it’s citizens.

Alpha-Numero is a 35 block text, each block provides a meaningful information for data-driven decision (3D). It helps many ways – awareness on population, education levels, age group stats, population by constituency, zipcode or state code etc.

Let’s consider an example and decode the text with table-2 information.

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/understanding-alpha-numero-blocks/feed/0dhanyakumarkvWhat’s My Hexa Score?https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/how-to-calculate-citizen-score-in-india/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/how-to-calculate-citizen-score-in-india/#respondSun, 08 Apr 2018 03:00:23 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=980Read more What’s My Hexa Score?]]>Govt Of India (GOI) assigns a score to Citizens Of India (COIN) based on how good they are. COIN score is not same as credit score but similar to Social Credit Score (China).

GOI should publish average of COIN score every weekend on mygov portal.

Usage: Individual COIN Score should be 7+ to contest in elections, to apply for govt jobs and to get social security benefits.Benefits of having good score:
10% discount on govt service fee and 1% tax refund for score 7 and above
Safe driving minimizes risk thereby insurance premiums.How to calculate citizen score?
Using simple math, add below points and round the value to get your score.

good health for adults aged 18 to 48. Not exposed to TWO or more health risk factors like underweight, overweight\obesity, physical inactivity, unsafe sex, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, tobacco or alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, diabetes and unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene.

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]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/how-to-calculate-citizen-score-in-india/feed/0dhanyakumarkvPopulation control and divorce in Indiahttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/amendment-to-compulsory-registration-of-marriage-at-registrar-office/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/amendment-to-compulsory-registration-of-marriage-at-registrar-office/#respondSat, 07 Apr 2018 22:41:36 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=962Read more Population control and divorce in India]]>More Info about Divorce In India:Not so happily ever after as Indian divorce rate doublesWhat divorce and separation tell us about modern India

Govt should introduce some tough policies to ensure both bride and bridegroom are ready for big responsibilities and make married life a successful journey.

My thoughts on this –

Minimum age for men and women for marriage should be increased to 21. This ensure both gets a fair chance to complete a degree/diploma and apply for a job./ Slogan- “Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao”.

A copy of pre-marital counseling certificate. Counseling should be 30-45min individual and 15-30min together and max fee should be Rs.250 per person.

Marriage life event should be registered by opening a joint bank account with minimum balance. Bank decides the min balance. Debit (withdrawal) is locked for 7 years and only credit transactions are allowed e.g. interest at repo-rate, recurring deposits etc.

Wedding invitation cards should have marriage registration number. Guest’s may deposit the gift amount by cash, check, NEFT to joint account using marriage registration number. Why? There is no tax on gifts received during marriage so it’s easier to convert crores of black money to white during marriage event hence ban cash gifts.

After marriage, couples should get the marriage certificate by submitting marriage photo album.

Account should be auto closed if divorced/separated within 7 years of marriage. Amount goes to Govt (reasons can be found in my other blogs)

10th wedding anniversary – couple gets a free rail/bus travel pass for 7 days to tourism places. Free admission to all national museums, zoo’s, parks and temple’s. In addition, single child parents get Rs.25,000 credited to joint account for travel expenses.

]]>https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/amendment-to-compulsory-registration-of-marriage-at-registrar-office/feed/0dhanyakumarkvNational holidays, leaves and furloughhttps://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/national-holidays-leaves-and-furlough/
https://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/national-holidays-leaves-and-furlough/#respondSat, 07 Apr 2018 13:31:26 +0000http://dhanyakumar.wordpress.com/?p=949Read more National holidays, leaves and furlough]]>One great thing about my country is festivals. All festivals bring joy to family, profit to businesses and a relax-time for employees. I always enjoyed festivals but none listed in my national holidays.

We should equally respect & remember our freedom fighters, police & defense staffs who lost their life on-duty. We should also think about our great assets – parents, children’s, teachers, farmers, doctors, innovators, artists and labors. All these people collectively build and protect our nation.

In addition to national holidays, State Govt holidays may include – election day, state formation day etc.

Govt should declare Saturday and Sunday as weekly time-off for employees (both Govt and corporate).

Furlough – applicable to Govt employees only. Last 5 working days in a calendar year are considered as furlough (or additional paid time-off). Furlough week used for infrastructure upgrade/maintenance services and to promote travel & tourism.

Leaves (paid time-off) – employees should get 12 to 21 days of leaves per year. Start your career with 12 leaves and increment by 1 for each year of service. No approval required for vacation up to 12 days but advised to plan in advance. No limit on carry forward leaves.

Paternity Leaves – a once in lifetime, 36 days paid time-off to enjoy the parenthood. Limit 5 days per month, should be taken within 12 months of child birth date. Applies to all employees (Govt & Corporate)

Maternity Leaves – a once in lifetime, one year paid time-off to enjoy the motherhood. Can be split into 2 half years – six months for first child and 6 months for second child. Applies to Govt employees. Position temporarily replaced with interns.